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Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

Hi i have got a column xy where the values are stored as shown.

                XY
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)

 

I wanted the output like this.The values to be stored in separate column under a b and c. Please help me if anyone knows the answer for this. 

BC
Drug ADrug-BBDrug-CCC
Drug-BBDrug ADrug-CCC
Drug-CCCDrug-BBDrug A

 

Thanks in advance.

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;


data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;


data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;
Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

thank you

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